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Valley National Bancorp to Acquire Bluevine Inc., Accelerating Its Digital Small Business Growth Strategy and Meaningfully Enhancing Its Core Funding Capabilities

$VLYPress releaseSep 28, 2026, 7:30 AM ETRead the release

Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY) agreed to acquire Bluevine, a nationwide digital banking platform for small businesses, for total consideration of approximately $340 million, roughly 75% cash and 25% Valley stock. Bluevine brings $2.1 billion of low-cost digitally-sourced deposits growing at an approximately 35% CAGR, about 175,000 active small business customers, and roughly 180 R&D and engineering professionals to accelerate Valley's digital and AI strategy. The deal is expected to be approximately 8% accretive to estimated 2028 EPS, with about 5% tangible book value dilution at closing and an estimated earn-back period of roughly 3 years.

Key figures

Deal Value Usd
$340 million
Deposit cagr
approximately 35% from 2023 through Q2 2026
Tbv dilution
approximately 5%
Earnback period
approximately 3 years
Consideration mix
approximately 75% cash / 25% stock
Deposits acquired
$2.1 billion
Bluevine customers
approximately 175,000 active small business customers
Eps accretion 2028
approximately 8%
Valley total assets
over $66 billion

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